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Police in Spain’s Marbella to wear live-streaming bodycams as ‘Costa del Crime’ image returns

MARBELLA’S local police department has launched a pilot project for body cameras capable of transmitting images in real time to the force’s Command and Control

1 May, 2025 @ 16:02

Lead·Marbella

New deadly shooting on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Man is killed after being shot in the back at least four times

THE Costa del Sol has been rocked by another case of gun violence after a man was killed in Malaga following a shooting in the

30 May, 2024 @ 18:45

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Drug boss dubbed ‘The Fly’ who ‘ordered an assassination in Marbella’ is freed during prison transfer after gun-toting thugs open fire on police car and kill two guards

AN international manhunt is underway after a drug lord accused of ordering an assassination in Marbella last year escaped from custody in France following a

15 May, 2024 @ 12:42

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

OPINION: Why YOU could be the secret weapon against fugitives hiding out on Spain’s Costa del Crime

IT’S awful to think one might live next door or could be sitting on the next table enjoying a beer. But there is a very

17 Sep, 2022 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Opinion

Terrifying moment loud gunshots are heard as police shoot man armed with knife in Spain’s Malaga

THIS is the terrifying moment loud gunshots are heard as armed police shot a man brandishing a knife on the Costa del Sol. Video footage

29 Mar, 2022 @ 15:15

Lead·Malaga

WATCH: The moment police swoop in on drug kingpin ‘Don Carlos’ in Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the shocking moment the accused drug kingpin dubbed ‘Don Carlos’ was arrested by Spanish police in a dramatic sting at a Marbella coffee

17 Mar, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

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Secret ‘cartel cafe’ couple arrested in Spain’s Marbella in joint operation

A MARBELLA couple were handcuffed and searched as police raided a suspected Amsterdam-style cannabis cafe on the Costa del Sol. The pair were among the 20

10 Feb, 2022 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Have you seen him? Police hunt Brit fugitive thought to be on the run in Spain’s Marbella in new appeal for ‘most wanted’

POLICE have made a public appeal for another one of the UK’s most wanted fugitives after it emerged he might be hiding out on the

27 Jan, 2022 @ 10:54

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Must Read·National News

From Africa to Spain in 30 minutes: how a crime group smuggled migrants, fugitives and drugs on speedboats

AN organised crime group who used speedboats to smuggle migrants and drugs across the Mediterranean Sea to Spain has been dismantled by Spanish police. Officers

12 Jan, 2022 @ 20:30

Almeria·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Costa del Crime: Man arrested after woman found with serious head injuries following horror wrench attack

DETECTIVES have launched an investigation after a woman was violently attacked with a wrench on Wednesday. Officers have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted

30 Dec, 2021 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Man, 42, arrested after spate of hotel and restaurant robberies in Spain’s Estepona

A MAN, 42, was arrested after a spate of robberies at hotels and restaurants on the Costa del Sol. The suspect is being held in

30 Dec, 2021 @ 20:23

Lead·Malaga

Police in Spain act in Breaking Bad parody in latest Christmas video

BREAKING BAD may have been off of our television screens for years now but the legacy of Walter White and the pseudonym ‘Heisenberg’ continues to

17 Dec, 2021 @ 17:44

Lead·Malaga

Four jailed after man survives kidnap, torture and blackmail horror on Costa del Sol

A CRIMINAL gang who covered their victim in ice packs and placed him in front of an electric fan before torturing him for five days

9 Dec, 2021 @ 13:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

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Police arrest gang behind kidnap and torture of Belgian man in revenge for drug theft on Spain’s Costa del Sol

SPANISH police have arrested a gang of 12 people involved in a plot to kidnap and torture a Belgian man in revenge for a drug

12 Oct, 2021 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Police in Spain's Valencia search for beggar who killed bar owner who refused to give him money

Spain’s most notorious con artist Little Nicolas, 27, hospitalised after fight in Marbella

A BABY-FACED con artist who became Spain’s most notorious gatecrasher has been hospitalised following an alleged brawl at a concert in Marbella. Former law student

24 Aug, 2021 @ 18:45

Lead·Malaga

Seven British fugitives nabbed in Spain within fortnight proving Costa del Sol is still favoured hangout for criminals on the run

SEVEN British fugitives have been tracked down and arrested in Spain within a fortnight, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed. The fugitives, all

20 Jul, 2021 @ 11:18

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Nowhere to hide: Is the Costa del Sol still the safest place for fugitives?

Suspects on the run are being forced look for alternative hiding places as police clamp down on criminals in the Costa del Sol

29 May, 2021 @ 17:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

WATCH: Two Britons and an Irishman arrested for punishment shooting of Brit in Spain’s Marbella

POLICE have swooped on a luxury Marbella villa to arrest three men accused of shooting a Brit four times in the legs in a gangland

23 Jun, 2020 @ 17:00

Lead

SPECIAL REPORT: After coining the phrase ‘Costa del Crime’ in the 80s, it’s not surprising we’re STILL living in a gangster’s paradise, writes David Baird

He was sleeping with an axe and a machete under his pillow to fend off murderous rivals

21 Dec, 2019 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

REVEALED: Notorious Costa del Sol trickster David Klein’s €1 million euro tax avoidance scam in Spain

He hadn’t been declaring the income to the Spanish tax authorities

5 Dec, 2019 @ 13:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Neighbours of British man shot dead outside luxury house on Spain’s Costa del Sol say they remain in the dark

The British man was shot in broad daylight at around 3:15pm yesterday afternoon

22 Nov, 2019 @ 16:55

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Gavin and Stacey’s Larry Lamb joins Craig Fairbrass and Kris Marshall at Marbella International Film Festival on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The event should be the ‘biggest yet’ according to director Mac Chakaveh

9 Sep, 2019 @ 08:34

Celebrity·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Police SMASH one of Europe’s largest cocaine labs run from luxury Costa del Sol villa

POLICE in Spain have smashed one of the largest cocaine labs in Europe, which was run from a luxury villa on the Costa del Sol.

21 Jan, 2019 @ 12:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man STABBED to death and thrown under moving car in Spain’s Malaga this morning

POLICE are investigating the death of a man in Malaga after he was stabbed several times. The victim, believed to be between 35 and 40

30 Dec, 2018 @ 11:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

XMAS BUST: Police in two sleepy Andalucia towns arrest 4 as 1000 cannabis plants and six cars seized this week

POLICE in two Andalucia towns have made huge drug busts over Christmas, arresting four people this week. In Manilva and Alhaurín El Grande, Guardia Civil officers

27 Dec, 2018 @ 14:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Costa del Sol man held over attempted murder of teen who he rammed with car after Christmas club row

A TEENAGER on Spain’s Costa del Sol has been left in a critical condition after he was deliberately hit by a car on Christmas Eve.

27 Dec, 2018 @ 12:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga